Re: C++0x and Threads - a poor relation to Ada's tasking model?

[stefan-lucks@see-the.signature]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> A very simple example is the printf function [...]:
> 
> #include <cstdio>
> int main()
> {
>     int s = 1234;
>     std::printf("%s\n", s);
> }
>
> Above, std::printf, even though not formally a keyword, has attracted
> the compiler's attention and allowed it to perform type checks that
> are not mandated by the language itself.

This is easy, since "%s\n" is a constant. Try 

  "printf(someString, a, b, c, d);", 

where someString is a variable. (This is valid C. I didn't check for C++, 
but I expect C++ to allow variable format strings, just as well.)



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